Hiking in the shadow of "Methuselah."

[IndiaC]

White Mountains Bristlecone Pine

[YK1001]

Nice photo, thanks for sharing @IndiaC!

Can you share more about about "Methuselah"?

[IndiaC]

Hi @YK1001

Thanks for the reply, love how active and generally awesome "Google Moderators" are, yeah!

http://www.summitpost.org/white-mountain-peak/150221

Here is all about Methuselah located in the ancient "Bristlecone Pine" forest and it was a hike crunching for hours on dolomite soil with a husky in tow.

Methuselah is a tree?

Who the heck is Methuselah? It's the name of the oldest tree in the world. The pretty baby still is  4,849 year old and living in the White Mountains of California, in Inyo National Forest, another bristlecone pine in the area is rumored to be 5,000 years old. Methuselah and its unnamed senior pine's exact locations are kept a close secret in order to protect them. You can still visit Methuselah hides, but you'll have to guess at which tree it is. Could this one be it?

Best place to stay was in Mammoth Lakes or even the wonderful town in Bishop. This was an epic hike to the heights of 12,000 feet and filled with adventure and views for the brave. For more information  "Google" White Mountains Inyo County or click here: White Mountains home of Methuselah

White Mountains Bristlecone Pine

[SarbajitS]

Beautiful image and story. Thanks for sharing and giving the description of the amazing tree.😍

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@IndiaC wrote:

Hi @YK1001

Thanks for the reply, love how active and generally awesome "Google Moderators" are, yeah!

http://www.summitpost.org/white-mountain-peak/150221

Here is all about Methuselah located in the ancient "Bristlecone Pine" forest and it was a hike crunching for hours on dolomite soil with a husky in tow.

Methuselah is a tree?

Who the heck is Methuselah? It's the name of the oldest tree in the world. The pretty baby still is  4,849 year old and living in the White Mountains of California, in Inyo National Forest, another bristlecone pine in the area is rumored to be 5,000 years old. Methuselah and its unnamed senior pine's exact locations are kept a close secret in order to protect them. You can still visit Methuselah hides, but you'll have to guess at which tree it is. Could this one be it?

Best place to stay was in Mammoth Lakes or even the wonderful town in Bishop. This was an epic hike to the heights of 12,000 feet and filled with adventure and views for the brave. For more information  "Google" White Mountains Inyo County or click here: White Mountains home of Methuselah

White Mountains Bristlecone Pine

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[YK1001 · Accepted solution]

Thank you very much, @IndiaC, for the wonderful explanation.  Following your lead, I got this wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_trees and makes me wonder what is non-clonal tree.

I fully agree with you that our Google Moderators are active and generally awesome.  I learnt a lot and still learning from them.